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This chapter intends to unfold average portfolio development journeys. First, I will introduce what portfolio keeping entails, followed by describing typical portfolio development procedures as mentioned in Fig. 1.1. Second, I will thoroughly discuss the five major assessment principles which govern the operation of writing portfolio assessment, namely validity, reliability, authenticity, practicality and impact. Next, I will provide teachers, educationalists and administrators with detailed accounts concerning how to set up a portfolio assessment programme for school-level students and how to constructively align portfolio assessment with existing writing instruction. The penultimate section delineates two case studies which illustrate one process-oriented and one product-oriented portfolio programmes. Lastly, the chapter closes with an evaluation task, requiring readers to compare and contrast the two portfolio programmes and to design a context-specific portfolio programme with rationale and critique.
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Lam, R. (2018). Processes in Portfolio Development Journey. In: Portfolio Assessment for the Teaching and Learning of Writing. SpringerBriefs in Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1174-1_3
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